About Us

Mitchell Schuster MD

President, Co-founder

Josh Schuster

Chairman of the Board & Co-founder

Dr. Narayan Mahotra

Ambassador, Nepal

Billy Zilma

Ambassador, Haiti

Jessica Schuster, Executive Director

Jessica has committed countless hours to our charity since its inception. She is
responsible for planning fundraisers, completing grant applications, developing trip
budgets and has often traveled to the Philippines, Haiti and Nepal to offer her
assistance and act as liaison to the local governments.

Jennifer Schuster, Volunteer Coordintor

Jennifer’s primary role includes reviewing/selecting applicants, preparing volunteers for
their trips abroad, and spearheading the Public Health and Volunteer Team that teaches
public health at local elementary schools, conducts beach clean-ups to encourage
sanitation, and coaches sports camps to promote physical education.

Norma Rossner, Secretary & Administrative Assistant

Norma is the backbone of our daily operations. She is responsible for the administrative
tasks in our office headquarters in Boca Raton, FL and works closely with Dr. Schuster
to coordinate donor communication, plan fundraisers and handle clinic/disaster trip
logistics.

What We Think About Our Charity

Since 2005, the Bicol Clinic Foundation has treated over {{about.imp}},000 impoverished patients in
mainly the Philippines, Nepal, Haiti and locally in the USA. We have constructed a permanent,
outpatient clinic in the Bicol region
of the Philippines; and established a disaster relief fund dedicated to supporting victims
of natural disasters.

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Years In Charity

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Sponsors

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The whole experience was amazing! The thrill of travelling to a new country and being offered amazing opportunities was unforgettable. I believe that the care I received from local Filipinos and family of Dr. Mitchell Schuster was of a very high standard and possibly a far greater level of care than what I would have experienced in Nepal. Before coming to Philippines I could not swim with confidence ,during my stay in Philippines I learned not only how to swim but also how to dive to deep water: credit of it goes to Dr. Schuster, Sean Evans, Dan April, Dev and other members of our health camp. Philippines is very beautiful country on earth, and people are very kind too. I recommend all to visit Philippines at least once in their lifetime.

Then the clinic began:

At the primary health care level, the clinic consisted of general health checkup including management of high blood pressure, diabetes, skin diseases, acid peptic disorders, eye &ENT diseases, minor surgeries and many more. These services including supply of medicines were provided for free. Obviously, we could not cure every patient of all their ailments; for example, patient with sophisticated eye problems could not be fully treated as we did not have ophthalmologist in camp. This was one of the sad limitations of the camp, but never the less, we proceeded to do our best by focusing on primary health care and targeting the most common health problems such as infections (including Tuberculosis), high blood pressure, diabetes and poor hygiene.

At times the language barrier proved to be somewhat of an issue as many of the people from Bicol region struggled to speak or understand much English. However, we had wonderful translators who helped us to build good doctor patient relationship. Our team consisted of doctors including me, medical students from USA, members of Bicol Clinic Foundation and local volunteers.

Dr. Schuster is amazing doctor and human being. I would not recommend anyone to go anywhere else, Bicol Clinic Foundation is going to become even more popular and successful as it has Dr. Schuster in leading role.